Rights and responsibilities, tenancy agreements, deposit protection scheme and eviction.
If you rent a property to tenants, you have certain rights and responsibilities.
The GOV.UK website has information about:
If you run a private rented house in multiple occupation (HMO), you are required to:
Go to houses in multiple occupation
Private landlords and letting agents are legally responsible for providing safe and healthy living conditions for their tenants.
Go to basic standards for homes privately rented to one household
Go to basic standards for small houses in multiple occupation
Go to basic standards for large houses in multiple occupation
We can take enforcement action against you if you do not follow the law or if you do not provide decent living conditions.
Go to how we inspect private rented homes
All letting agents must belong to a letting agent redress scheme, which manages complaints between tenants and agents.
For more information, go to registering with a redress scheme as a property agent – GOV.UK.
